Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Ubud The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more
Left my home in Calgary Alberta Canada to backpack south east asia for 3 months.
I am starting in Bali, then working my way up to singapore, malaysia, then i will meet my friend Crystal in phuket, thailand. We are going to travel thailand for a month, when i meet up with my girlfriend Maria and her friend Patty in bangkok.
From there we will check out the songkran festival, which is their new years, celebrated by a huge water fight for 3 days...
crystal leaves us, then Maria (my girlfriend) and patty and I travel to Laos, to make our way to vietnam and then eventually cambodia wher... full info